Librarians hang loose...

 

Today was Hawaii day at the Holman Library reference desk. A warm and inviting atmosphere was created to enhance student learning, with soft Hawaiian music, traditional Hawaiian Lei greetings, little plastic figures, and casual island wear, for an Aloha welcome to Spring Quarter. Mahalo!

Tragedy in Japan: Students help

Responding to the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, The Holman Library is  hosting student representatives from three campus groups: The South Asian and Chinese Culture Club, the Japanese Club, and  GRCC's  Wings baseball Team.

The fund raising effort to assist the victims of this tragedy began last Friday, and is slated to continue through Spring Quarter student orientation.

Contributions to the GRCC relief fund had gone better than expected so far:  "Over three thousand dollars already!" said Student Sean Zhang.

 "When I saw the pictures of the devastation in Japan, I felt so sad. All of us decided to do what we can to help."  added student Ryohei Sawai.

For donations off-campus:

The American Red Cross

Doctors without Borders

Hungry for knowledge?

Lina, Dominic, and our friendly college mascot, Gator (Shaan Wade) visited the Holman Library as they delivered hot dogs to raise money for the Green River Foundation Scholarship. "We're providing energy to students on Study Day!" Said Lina.  "Hot Dogs!"  said the Gator. ( The hot dogs were of course, NOT eaten in the library.)
The Green River Scholarship Foundation awarded over 150 scholarships to deserving students last year. Scholarship money can be used for tuition and books. Could you qualify?  Find out HERE.

Busy? You are probably here!

The end of the quarter is crunch time at the Holman Library, with every computer in use. Research papers, argumentative essays, citation formatting, assignment printing- the library is humming~!

Communications Freeze?

Today  the Holman Library hosted an unusual  group project for a GRCC Communications class, an experiment called a "Freeze mob". At 2:30 this afternoon, triggered by a certain sound, the students who had gathered  in the library froze in random positions without moving for 90 seconds: 

Students Julia, Karen, Marcus, Matt, and Katie were organizers and participants, with the event being recorded for in class evaluation. 

While a number of students were surprised and confused, some walked by the immobile students without seeming to notice anything amiss!  A novel assignment for Kathleen Loucks Communication class, the "Freeze Mob"  was a surprising break in the busy routine of study and research that takes place daily in your Holman Library.